Today is Earth Day—a day dedicated to celebrating the planet we call home and raising awareness of environmental problems. The seeds of this day were planted back in 1969 when Gaylord Nelson, the then-senator of Wisconsin, USA, witnessed events like the Cuyahoga River catching fire and the Santa Barbara oil spill and decided that the world needed an environmental initiative. A year later, the first Earth Day event was held. Now, it has grown into an annual event with more than a billion people in over 193 countries taking part.
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
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Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy
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Belogradchik Rocks, Bulgaria
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European fallow deer in England
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What are these ancient animals?
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Where two continents meet
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City of ice
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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Obereversand Lighthouse, Dorum, Germany
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Blooming sunflowers
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A road not for the faint of heart
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Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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Tasmans Arch, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
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Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
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Fiji Day
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Vancouver Coastal Sea wolves in the Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
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American bison
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An apex predator
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A group of Southern gemsbok in the savannah, Botswana
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Say hello to these halophytes!
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Red deer, Canada
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Chhath Puja
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